Quotes About Autonomy

free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man. Freedom cannot be conceived simply.

He don't know it's anything he can't know, the old man said. That's his trouble. He thinks if it's something he can't know then somebody smarter than him can tell him about it and he can know it just the same. And if you were to go there, the first thing he would do would be to test your head and tell you what you were thinking and howcome you were thinking it and what you ought to be thinking instead. And before long you wouldn't belong to your self no more, you would belong to him.

People tell you what you have to wear and do, and I've never been a fan of it.

I have my name, and I have a growing fan base, so I'm gonna do whatever I want.

The freedom you feel when you're actually in control of your own music is fantastic.

Direction or even production doesn't fascinate me at all.

I love fashion, and I love how it makes me feel, but it doesn't rule my life.

Everybody has the right to decide their own fate.

I'm not one to fall back into the corner and put my fate in someone else's hands. I tend to believe anyone in my position would do the same thing.

You are the one who makes the choices that control your fate.

No one has the license to decide someone's fate.

An artist is his own fault.

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!

Conservatives and individualists support policies that favor more freedom for individuals.

They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Which did you enjoy bringing up the best?'

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

I still want to do features, but on my own terms.

I'm fed up with being bossed around.

We need to reinstate the idea of federalism.

I'm a federalist.

I'm not going to be a yes man to you just because you're paying me a fee.

You can really find yourself at sea when you're becoming an adult and suddenly have to feed yourself for the first time.

I am the product of living in dictatorships. And someone who's lived in dictatorships and not being allowed to be themselves, it cherishes the ability to be yourself and to have feelings and to speak them when asked. And I am that person.

But once we got them on its feet then they run themselves, unless there's corrections you have to make.